Peripheral artery disease (see Periop 1)

Question 1

Define peripheral arterial disease

Answer 1

Occlusive disease due to narrowing of peripheral arteries, which do not supply the brain (cerebrovascular) or heart (coronary).

Question 2

List 5 types of peripheral arterial disease

Answer 2

Acute limb ischaemia
Acute mesenteric ischaemia

Intermittent claudication
Critical limb ischaemia

Aortic aneurysm: abdominal or thoracic
Aortic dissection

Raynaud’s disease
Takayasu’s disease: vasculitis of aortic arch
Buerger’s disease: inflammation of blood vessels in young men who smoke
Cardiovascular syphilis

Question 3

What is Raynaud’s phenomenon

Answer 3

Vasospasm of digital arteries causes fingers/toes to turn white then blue, with numbness or pain.